Ukraine: Violent clashes erupted in Kyiv on the day of the People’s Council

Violent clashes erupted in Kyiv during anti-government
protests
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Ukrainian opposition called for the new demonstrations to be held in Kyiv on Sunday, 19 January, after Mr. Yanukovich has signed the scandalous laws restricting basic personal and civil rights and freedoms of Ukrainian approved recently by the Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of citizens from all over Ukraine have gathered for the eighth People’s Council in Independence Square in Kyiv known as Maidan.

People have been waiting for the decisive steps and detailed plan imposed by Ukrainian oppositional leaders in order to fight the current regime and its attempts to usurp all the power in the country and to impose dictatorship in Ukraine. Although the oppositional leaders have just delivered several usual speeches calling for the necessity of changing the regime and political system, but there was no plan and no decision. This move has disappointed protesters, and after people have asked Arseny Yatsenyuk to name a single leader of the protest and resistant movement, Mr. Yatsenyuk declared that “The leaders of the resistant movement are Ukrainian people”.

Ukraine: Euromaidan voices new demands to the government as massive rallies continue

Sunday's Euromaidan rally in Kyiv
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Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have gathered on Sunday, 12 January, in Kyiv Independence Square, known currently as Euromaidan, for the massive anti-government rallies called by the oppositional forces and civic organizations.

Friday’s clashes between the peaceful protesters and security forces in front of the court building in one of Kyiv districts and violent beating of the protesters and journalists by the riot police sparked the new wave of people’s anger willing to change the system in the country.

Ukraine: Opposition calls for massive rallies on Sunday with the auto-rally to the residences of high officials

Massive anti-government protests in Ukraine
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Ukrainian oppositional leaders Arseny Yatsenyuk, Oleh Tyagnybok and Vitaly Klichko are calling for the fresh consecutive million-man march to be held on Sunday, 29 December, in Kyiv’s Independence Square and in other Ukrainian cities as well.

Traditional Sunday’s rally of Ukrainian in Independence Square will be held this time under the motto “Solidarity against terror” and will express the key demands of Ukrainian anti-government protesters and show solidarity with the victims of recent attacks.